| 单词 | predicament |
| 释义 | predicament[pri'dikəmənt]n. 处境, 穷境, 困局 predicament pre.dic.a.ment AHD: [pr¹-d¹k“…-m…nt] D.J. [pr!6d!k*m*nt]K.K. [pr!6d!k*m*nt]n.（名词）1. A situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult.See Usage Note at dilemma 困境，苦处：令人不快、麻烦或艰难并难以摆脱的境况参见 dilemma2. Logic One of the basic states or classifications described by Aristotle into which all things can be placed; a category.【逻辑学】 范畴：亚里士多德所描绘的可以放置所有事物的基本状态或分类之一；范畴语源:1. Middle English [class, category] 中古英语 [类别，范畴] 2. from Old French 源自 古法语 3. from Late Latin praedic³mentum translation of Greek kat¶goria 源自 后期拉丁语 praedic³mentum 希腊语 kat¶goria的翻译 4. from Latin praedic³re [to proclaim publicly, predicate] * see preach 源自 拉丁语 praedic³re [公开宣称，断言] *参见 preach继承用法:predic”amen“tal AHD: [-mµn“tl] （形容词）predic”amen“tally adv.（副词）参考词汇:1. predicament,plight,quandary,jam,fix,pickle2. These nouns all refer to a situation from which it is difficult to free oneself.Apredicament is a problematic situation about which one does not know what to do: 这些名词都表示难以摆脱的状况。Predicament 是指一种不知该怎么办的疑难处境： “Having captured our men, we were in a quandary how to keep them” (Theodore Roosevelt).“抓到了我们的人之后，我们却苦于不知该如何看住他们” （西奥多·罗斯福）。3. Jam andfix both refer to trying predicaments from which disengagement presents a problem: Jam 和fix 都是指从其脱离会产生问题的难受处境： “I could see no way out of the pickle I was in” (Robert Louis Stevenson).“我看不到任何使我脱离困境的办法” （罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森） |
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